500 for 500. The Bible maybe, eschatologists never!
Right, the Bible is the authority, which is what I said. Eschatologists study the prophecies in order to know if the prophecies have come true-just like God expects us to do, most of them are literal interpretations, e.g. God says what He means and means what He says. Prophecies in the Bible are always confirmed by other prophecies in the Bible (the perfect cross reference system). Many people twist the verses to suit themselvves or take them out of context. God did not make the prophecies so that we could not understand them, and he gave us teachers (eschatologists) who delve into the original Hebrew and Greek texts to clarify things. After all our English text Bible’s are translated from those originals.